If the screen reader supports access via RDP, which both JAWS and Window-Eyes do, you don’t need a sound card on the remote server. Your local machine will be generating the speech, the remote server will just be telling the local copy what to say. In general you can install some software via GPO, but only if the software is provided as a .MSI package or can be converted into one. In general server software is really complex, and usually is installed via RDP access to the server. Ryan
On Nov 23, 2014, at 1:32 PM, Anatoliy Shudrya <anatoliyshudrya@hotmail.com> wrote:
You can remote in, or via GPO either of those will work to install applications to the server, but the problem that most of the rack servers do not have sound cards installed. You'd definitely need physical access to attach like a USB sound card or PCIE sound card. I haven't heard of a screen reader that will work without sound card.
-----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Barry Toner Sent: Friday, November 21, 2014 2:35 PM To: 'Blind sysadmins list (blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org)' Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Remotely installing applications onto Windows Servers and career advice.
Hi all,
I've a potential cracking, in fact life changing job coming up for a company. It's an FT100. Couldn't' come at a better time as my current 2yr contract is coming to a close.
I've passed my interview. I scored the highest out of everyone they interviewed. I have been explicitly been told this by HR. I spent 1hr:20mins on the phone with two Senior Tech Managers two weeks ago. They wanted to gage my current experience for themselves. I'm trying my best to keep the positive, upbeat attitude going. I want this job right? I don't want to allow it to enter my head, OK guys I'm open, I'm honest, let's go! There's a couple of things going on now.
No one for these entry level infrastructure roles have been hired yet, as far as I am aware. I keep being told there are 4 roles coming up. They interviewed a second time for this area, and there's a queue I'd imagine forming behind me! One person let slip that they are waiting for paperwork to be completed that is on a desk of someone who has been out of the office.
I had a phone call today from HR saying, there's one problem. The parent company refuses to allow a Screen Reader to be installed on their servers. And asked how would I install an application on a server with no screen reader. These are Windows Servers. 2008R2 and 2012. I've asked someone off list and they gave some suggestions, but also had concerns about no SR on a server. I'm getting tempted to say, after I go back to HR with ways I can do this, OK, I appreciate your position, let's take me on for a year, see what we can do and after that it it's not working out I can walk away and you don't' have a permanent member of staff if with all the red tape. However, give me the chance to prove to you I can work around barriers. I'll find a way to keep it positive and not begging. It's so frustrating because I'm walking a thin line here. I appreciate they want to make sure things are going to work, but they can't even tell me what the specifics of the roles are going to be, let alone what application they are talking about installing and if it's just installing. I'm talking to someone in HR who doesn't know tech, acg!
OK, can people please offer suggestions how I can install a program onto a remote server from a workstation? I've already heard PowerShell, and Group Policy. I'm not sure how I'd do this, as I don't' have a working knowledge of either of these technologies. I suspect at the level I'm going in at neither will the other candidates. I appreciate sometimes we need to be the best of the best and any skills I'll acquire by learning how to do this while more arduous than someone pointing and clicking on an RDP connection, but I need to start from somewhere. I'd also appreciate any advice on how to tread carefully here, I don't' want to blow my chances but equally I don't' want to be taken for a ride. Or despite passing their recruitment process be ton a old based ona hypothetical, we can't consider you!
Cheers guys, Barry.
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